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Chapter 1341 Jiangning County
A rumor gradually spread throughout the Sui Dynasty that there was endless wealth overseas.

An ordinary person could earn a house and two acres of land from one trip to the sea, enough to marry and have children. If a large fleet was organized to go to sea, a huge amount of money and food could be earned.

I heard that Marquis Jiangning has brought back a lot of good stuff from overseas in the past few years, and all the wealthy families in Jiangnan have sent people to sea to make money...

The noble families in the north also realized by this time that there were many more spices and seafood on the market in recent years, so that their values ​​had fallen and were no longer as expensive as before.

There have been rumors for years, but they have not received any definite news, and their tentacles of influence have not yet extended to the south. At the same time, the big families in the south have maintained a tacit understanding on this matter, and no one has leaked it.

They did not dare to reveal it because they supported Yang Guang, so Yang Guang allowed them to participate in maritime trade. At the same time, they also knew more clearly how powerful the navy controlled by Wang Yan was.

Of course, it was impossible for all the big families in the south to support Yang Guang and obey his orders. Moreover, Yang Guang was only the governor of Yangzhou. Although his influence radiated to the surrounding areas and there were local big families to help him connect, it was impossible for him to completely unify the big families in the south.

Therefore, there are still many people who have all kinds of messy thoughts and do not follow Yang Guang's rules. It's fine at ordinary times, but they privately built ships and went to Nanyue to make profits without informing Yang Guang, which is exactly what Yang Guang wants.

As a result, their overseas fleets did not return, and banditry broke out near some of the wealthy families, who simply uprooted the families and left nothing behind.

Yang Guang was very courageous and gave orders without hesitation. Wang Yan was even more straightforward in executing them, he just arranged a few hundred people to kill people, set fire and run away.

The local officials were all very honest, and no one insisted on pursuing them. They just summoned the government soldiers and let them stroll around the area for a few days, just for the sake of politeness.

After slaughtering several big families, the entire southern faction became obedient. It was also at this time that Yang Guang truly unified the power of the big families in the south and formed a force that was not weak.

Yang Jian also knew what Yang Guang reported, which was the profit Wang Yan had made from maritime trade in recent years, and Yang Guang had given a considerable portion of it to Yang Jian. Yang Jian directly mobilized the money from the inner treasury to build the palace. These were all external money, and he spent them happily.

At the same time, the opinions provided by Wang Yan were fully absorbed. At the beginning of the 597th year of Kaihuang (), the Maritime Customs Office was established, which stipulated the distribution of ports along the coast, controlled the ships going out to sea, and levied taxes on the ships returning full of goods.

This move has two benefits. First, unified supervision, which will give the country an additional source of income. Second, it will add another department with rich profits. The Maritime Customs must be of a very high level, and at the same time, they are in charge of the power to collect sea taxes. They can decide who to collect more, who to collect less, and who not to collect. With another wealthy government office, people are of course very happy.

The only ones who are unhappy are the big players in maritime trade from various places, after all, they are the ones who actually pay the money.

Even if they didn't have the money before and now have it, even if they pay 90% of the profit, they will still make a lot of money. But the account obviously doesn't work that way. They calculate that they could have made 100% before, but now they can only make 50% or 60%. How can they be happy?

But there was nothing they could do if they were unhappy. If they didn't pay, their goods wouldn't come in. If it was smuggling, the navy would mercilessly arrest everyone involved and force them to work until they died.

At this time, the big players are no longer united. There are always people who want to make money safely. Then the water army helps the unstable big players to stabilize themselves, and everyone makes big money safely. This is a good thing.

At the same time, the Sui Dynasty officially organized a navy named Wei Hai.

After more than four years of development, the navy now has nearly 20,000 people, hundreds of cargo ships and warships, and rich combat experience. They are all good at water, but better at land warfare. Of course, as a must-practice jumping bang battle, they are also very experienced. Although I haven't practiced it much, I can walk and move freely on the ship, so the combat effectiveness is basically not bad.

The source of military funds is the income from the navy’s own maritime trade.

This is a big problem, but there is no way to solve it properly. Even if the navy is not allowed to engage in maritime trade, it will be in vain. Warships are powerful, and sea vessels are large. They can go anywhere. Their smuggling is open and aboveboard. At the same time, there are also lands overseas. They can even go out directly and establish themselves as kings in foreign countries. Even if a strict supervision system is established, it still needs people to supervise.

However, the profits from maritime trade were too great, and the supervisors could not resist being bribed and corrupted. The navy could even force the supervisors to commit suicide, and the court of the Sui Dynasty could not say anything.

Fortunately, the current navy can still be suppressed and still listen to Wang Yan. The Sui Dynasty has enough time to insert nails into the navy and divide the army, thus eliminating this potential disaster.

So far, of course, Wang Yan is still the one in charge, otherwise no one else can control it and smoothly take over the power of the navy. This is also another test of Wang Yan's loyalty. If he doesn't cooperate, he can't be trusted. If he cooperates, he is still a good minister trusted by Yang Guang and Yang Jian.

Therefore, considering his contributions in opening up maritime trade channels and establishing the navy, Wang Yan was promoted to the title of the founding duke of Jiangning County and appointed the general of the Weihai navy, a position on par with the other twelve prefectures of the Sui Dynasty. The newly added general of the Weihai navy was of the third rank.

In this way, Wang Yan has reached the core power decision-making level of the Sui Dynasty, one step closer.

But at the same time, he also assigned his subordinates generals, thousand-man assistants, assistants, chief secretaries, Sima, and military officers, etc., and arranged them in various positions to dilute his power.

But these things are unimportant, because the arrogance of those people means that they can never win the hearts of the army. At best, he can only win over some weak-willed officers promoted by him. As for the majority of the rest, they will still follow him firmly if he raises his hand.

In the conduct of this era, it is absolutely different when he is in power and when he is not. The lives of the soldiers below are also two different worlds. After enjoying the good, who would want to enjoy the bad?

The entire Sui army, especially the navy soldiers, had a comfortable life. If they were a little worse, they would miss General Wang...

In Daxing, in the Prince of Jin's Mansion, Yang Guang looked at Wang Yan with satisfaction.

"Zi Yan, you are truly my king's lucky general."

He was really happy because he was the one who facilitated the maritime trade, and all the credit for Wang Yan was his.

Yang Yong was still indulging in poetry and wine, while he had already done such a big thing. The difference between the two was obvious. I heard that Yang Yong was very anxious recently because he felt that his position as the crown prince had begun to shake.

The more this happened, the happier Yang Guang was.

And seeing Wang Yan, who brought all this, he was naturally even happier.

"It's all because of your Highness' trust." Wang Yan was still as humble as ever. From the beginning until now, his attitude had never changed and has continued consistently to this day.

To sum up, whatever Yang Guang says is what it is.

However, Wang Yan's status in Yang Guang's eyes has been rising. Ever since he knew that Wang Yan was not just a warrior, but also had a brain for planning and strategizing, Yang Guang would ask for his opinion on many things.

The more he asked, the more Yang Guang knew that Wang Yan's level was very high. Moreover, Wang Yan also kept the habit of reading and thinking every day, which he showed to Yang Guang. He let Yang Guang know that his improvement was due to his own efforts, and that he did have some strange ideas and some genius.

Likewise, Yang Guang has been greatly influenced by him and is gradually becoming the person Wang Yan hopes for.

Yang Guang laughed and praised Wang Yan for a few words, then said, "Yang Su came to me. His family also wants to participate in maritime trade. He was afraid that you would bear a grudge and kill his family members endlessly, so he told me about it." Wang Yan asked tactfully, "So, Yang Su also supports Your Highness?"

Yang Guang nodded with a smile: "Now the position of crown prince is within reach. Now at this time, you feel anxious? What can he use to compete with me?"

"Your Highness should rule the world. The Crown Prince is far inferior. Your Highness is the one that everyone wants."

"It's not far away, it's not far away. All we need now is an opportunity."

What was the opportunity for Yang Guang and others? Was it natural or created by Yang Guang? Wang Yan didn't know. He didn't participate in Yang Guang's secret tricks. They were all done by Yu Wenzhi and the wealthy families in the south. They gave Yang Guang some sinister ideas all day long.

He was at ease wandering around Daxing City with his wife and children, and was very happy.

His family was really flourishing. Qionghua gave birth to two sons. Seeing how fertile she was, Xiaomei also wanted a child. She gave birth to a little girl, and asked Chunhong, Liulu and others to have children as well. Wang Yan really became a breeding pig. In a few years, he had seven more children.

Because of his open-mindedness, Qionghua never acted like a princess. Xiao Mei only thought Qionghua was a silly girl and never got jealous. There was no distinction between the other maids who served in the bedroom. They all raised their own children and the whole family ate together every day.

It has also cultivated a very harmonious family atmosphere.

Besides, he himself has a playful spirit, and when he has nothing serious to do, he just has a great time playing with the children at home. He has not engraved the concept of the hierarchy of legitimate and illegitimate children in his children's memories since childhood, and everyone has a lot of fun playing together.

He also had things to do, playing with the children was quite fun every day. He was also good at carpentry, and made a lot of toys for the children, which enriched their childhood.

When Wang Yan got home, he saw a group of children playing in the yard, and also saw Qionghua talking with Xiao Mei and Princess Yu.

"Princess Yu, long time no see." Wang Yan greeted with a smile.

"I didn't expect the general still remembered me. It's an honor." Princess Yu said politely.

"If I can't even remember this, how can I lead the troops and fight a war?" Wang Yan said, "What are you talking about? Princess Yu is worried?"

Xiao Mei said, "It's all because of the banditry. I don't know which group of thieves robbed the imperial seal that King Kaoshan gave to Your Majesty. It's really annoying."

Wang Yan suddenly realized that a large number of rebellious forces were beginning to emerge.

He said: "The situation in Shandong is complicated, unlike that in Jiangnan. If the imperial power is lost, it may be difficult to find it again."

He was not lying, the imperial seal could not be recovered. Princess Yu was not Yang Lin's sweetheart, and she knew that Cheng Yaojin and his men had robbed it, but she had no intention of reporting it.

"Yes, it might have been recast by now, and all the money has been spent." Princess Yu couldn't help but sigh, and then said, "General, my father also wants to do maritime trade. He is in Shandong, which is very close to the sea..."

"Don't tell me, let King Kaoshan tell His Royal Highness Prince Jin, and His Majesty. I am only temporarily in charge of the navy, and my duty is to protect the safety of our Great Sui fleet. It is not for me to decide who to let do it and who not to let do it. King Kaoshan can also rest assured that we have no hatred or grudges, and I will not do anything bad in secret to affect King Kaoshan's financial resources. Overseas is huge, and money, food and treasures cannot be earned by one family or one surname."

After the news of the sea trade spread, Wang Yan became an important person. Before the Chinese New Year this year, the establishment of the navy and Wang Yan's promotion to the title of county lord were already a foregone conclusion, and everyone who should know already knew about it. Now, Wang Yan is of course a more important person.

His attitude has influenced many things. The wealthy families who used to look down on him are now lining up to give him gifts. Just in the past Chinese New Year, a month before the Chinese New Year, before he returned to Daxing from Yangzhou, all kinds of famous families started giving him gifts.

It's no longer about trying to win him over and disgust him like before, now I really want to get something good from him.

When it comes to maritime trade, he is the boss. Even if Yang Lin is the backer, he has to speak well of him.

From having nothing to now, it has only been eight years...

Qionghua didn't feel anything, but Xiao Mei understood the relationship very well. She looked at Wang Yan with eyes full of light and tears were about to overflow. She was one step closer to becoming the queen. She was happy...

Wang Yan stopped interrupting their conversation and ran over to play with the children. They were all little ones around one, two or three years old, stumbling as they walked and speaking incoherently. It was very interesting...

In this way, he stayed in Daxing for more than half a month. At the end of January, he packed his luggage again and prepared to return to Yangzhou. The navy headquarters was there, so he, as a general, naturally had to stay there.

Originally, he was going to go back with Yang Guang, but when Wang Yan asked Yang Guang about the departure date, Yang Guang told him that the opportunity had come.

"The Crown Princess died of depression."

Yang Guang smiled and said, "This brother dotes on other women too much and doesn't take the Crown Princess seriously at all. The Crown Princess fell seriously ill a few years ago and passed away yesterday morning. The news reached my father and mother, and they were furious. I hurried over to say goodbye, but my mother asked me to stay for a few more days..."

When talking about Dugu Jialuo asking him to stay for a few more days, Yang Guang's voice even trembled with excitement, because he knew very well what this meant.

Wang Yan was pleasantly surprised: "Your Highness, your great wish has finally come true. Congratulations to Your Highness for getting what you wished for."

“Hahaha~” Yang Guangda laughed, then suppressed his excitement, “Things have not been decided yet, it’s too early to say these things now, but if I can do it, you, Wang Ziyan, should take the first credit, and I will never let you down in the future.”

"Your Highness is scolding me? It is my duty to work for Your Highness. How can there be any indignation?"

"You are still reliable..."

Yang Guang was very satisfied with Wang Yan's attitude and kept Wang Yan for a good drink.

The next day, good friend Li Jing came early to see him off. The two drank some wine outside the city and talked some more. Then Wang Yan took his whole family and went south again.

Only half a month after he arrived in Yangzhou, Yang Guang received good news...

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